161268P.pdf   12/02/2016  Eduardo Custodio  v.  Cecilia Marianela Torres Samil
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-1268
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Kelly, Author, with Wollman and Arnold, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child 
   Abduction. Because one of the children involved in this matter turned 16 
   during the pendency of the proceedings, the Hague Convention no longer 
   applies to him; where respondent asserted a "mature child" defense to the 
   petition, the district court's evaluation of 15-year-old child's testimony 
   regarding his desire to remain in the U.S. was entitled to deference; the 
   commentary to the Explanatory Report regarding the Conventions states that 
   a child's views on the matter can be conclusive on the issue of return; 
   the district court did not abuse its discretion by denying petitioner's 
   request to return the child to Peru where the child clearly stated his 
   desire to remain in the U.S. with respondent.